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(88) Date of publication A3: 15.04.2010 (43) Date of publication: 08.06.2011 Bulletin 2011/23 (21) Application number: 09808638.2 (22) Date of filing: 14.08.2009

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 5/00(2006.01) A61B 5/06(2006.01) A61B 6/12(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2009/053869 (87) International publication number: WO 2010/021932 (25.02.2010 Gazette 2010/08)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: AL BA RS (30) Priority: 16.09.2008 US 211535 18.08.2008 US 89670 P (71) Applicant: Oxyband Technologies, Inc. San Francisco, CA 94101 (US)	(72) Inventor: POSTEL, Olivier, B. Redwood City CA 94063 (US) (74) Representative: Wörz, Volker Alfred  Dreiss Patentanwälte Gerokstraße 1 D-70188 Stuttgart D-70188 Stuttgart (DE)